2017 Philippines Football League
Season | 2017 |
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Dates | 6 May – 28 November 2017 (Regular season) 2 – 16 December 2017 (Finals series)[1] |
Champions | Ceres–Negros 1st title |
AFC Champions League | Ceres–Negros |
AFC Cup | Global Cebu |
Matches played | 118 |
Goals scored | 376 (3.19 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Bienvenido Marañón (22 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Roland Müller (9 clean sheets) |
Biggest home win | Ceres–Negros 7–0 Ilocos United (8 July) |
Biggest away win | Meralco Manila 0–7 Ceres–Negros (15 July) |
Highest scoring | JPV Marikina 6–3 Davao Aguilas (21 November) |
Longest winning run | Meralco Manila (6 May – 17 June) JPV Marikina (31 May – 25 June) Kaya–Makati (5 – 23 July) (5 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Meralco Manila (6 May – 8 July) (9 matches) |
Longest winless run | Ilocos United (7 May – 17 September) (19 matches) |
Longest losing run | Ilocos United (13 May – 21 June) Ilocos United (30 Sept – 29 October) Kaya–Makati (28 October – 15 December) (5 matches) |
Highest attendance | 5,350 Global Cebu 1–0 Ceres–Negros (5 July) |
Lowest attendance | 0 (Behind closed doors) Meralco Manila 0–0 Ceres–Negros (24 November) |
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The 2017 Philippines Football League was the inaugural season of the Philippines Football League (PFL), the professional football league of the Philippines.[2] The league was officially launched on 21 April 2017 at Shangri-La at the Fort in Taguig, while the first match of the season was played on 6 May.[3] The PFL replaced the Metro Manila-based United Football League (UFL), which served as the country's de facto top-level football league from 2009 to 2016.[4] The league was made up of 8 clubs: 6 from the UFL (Ceres, Global, JP Voltes, Kaya, Loyola Meralco Sparks, and Stallion) and 2 expansion teams (Davao Aguilas and Ilocos United). Each club played the others four times (a home-and-away quadruple round-robin format), twice at their home ground and twice at that of their opponents', for 28 games. The teams that finished the season in the top four entered a playoff tournament to determine the league's champion.[5][6]
The 2017 season was the only PFL season to feature a playoff finals. The top four teams of the league's regular season, which concluded on 28 November, progressed to the playoff finals, dubbed as the Finals Series. The Finals Series was held between 2 and 16 December and consisted of a two-legged semifinals, a third-place playoff, and the final match.[7] The final took place on 16 December at the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod, between Ceres–Negros and Global Cebu. Ceres–Negros won the match 4–1 and became the first club to win the PFL title.[8]
Teams
On 24 November 2016, it was reported that at least five teams will join the inaugural season of the PFL. Bacolod-based Ceres–Negros F.C. reportedly will move to Davao City, and a new club will be formed to represent Bacolod or the Negros Island Region. However at the time of the report, nothing has been confirmed by the club or the Philippine Football Federation (PFF).[9] Ceres later denied reports of stating that they will field a second team supposedly to be based in Davao City.[10]
Ceres, Global, Loyola, Stallion, as well as Kaya were confirmed by the PFF on 29 November 2016 as official clubs for the inaugural 2017 season and is projecting that three other clubs will join.[11] By December 2016, JP Voltes joined the list of confirmed 2017 PFL clubs.[12]
It was reported that a total of ten clubs expressed interest to join the league, eight of which have submitted documents required by the PFF according to PFF General Secretary Ed Gastanes. Green Archers United and a club owned by seaport management firm International Container Terminal Services, were the two clubs which withdrew their bid to participate in the league.[13] By 1 April 2017, the PFF has confirmed the participation of 8 clubs.[5]
Stadiums and locations
The PFF confirmed the following clubs with their localities and stadiums that will comprise the inaugural season of the PFL.[14]
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Personnel and kits
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
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Ceres–Negros | Risto Vidaković | Martin Steuble | Puma | Ceres Liner |
Davao Aguilas | Marlon Maro | Phil Younghusband | LGR | San Miguel Corporation |
Global Cebu | Akbar Nawas | Misagh Bahadoran | LGR | Cebu Tourism Board |
Ilocos United | Ian Gillan | Adam Mitter | Puma | Metro Global, Pool World Philippines, Pyramid |
JPV Marikina | Dan Padernal | Takashi Odawara | LGR | JK Mart, BranchForth, Santouka Ramen |
Kaya–Makati | Noel Marcaida | Masanari Omura | LGR | LBC, Yellow Cab Pizza |
Meralco Manila | Aris Caslib | Simon Greatwich | Mizuno | Meralco |
Stallion Laguna | Ernest Nierras | Ruben Doctora | Nixáre | Giligan's Restaurant, Belmont Hotel |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Global Cebu | John Burridge | Sacked | October 2016 | Pre-season | Kenichi Yatsuhashi[18] | December 2016 |
Meralco Manila | Simon Mcmenemy | End of contract[19] | December 2016 | Aris Caslib | ||
Global Cebu | Kenichi Yatsuhashi[18] | Toshiaki Imai | January 2017 | |||
Kaya–Makati | Chris Greatwich | Promoted to Team Manager | January 2017 | Noel Marcaida | ||
JPV Marikina | Yu Hoshide | February 2017 | Dan Padernal | April 2017 | ||
Global Cebu | Toshiaki Imai | Resigned | May 2017 | 2nd | Marjo Allado (interim) | May 2017[20] |
Marjo Allado | End of interim tenure | June 2017 | 3rd | Akbar Nawas | June 2017[21] | |
Davao Aguilas | Gary Phillips | Sacked[19] | September 2017 | 7th | Marlon Maro | September 2017 |
Foreign players
A maximum of four foreigners are allowed per club which follows the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) '3+1 rule'; three players of any nationality and a fourth coming from an AFC member nation.
Player is from an AFC country |
Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Club | Players | Former Players1 | |||
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Ceres–Negros | Kota Kawase | Bienvenido Marañón | Fernando Rodríguez | Súper | Antonio Bello |
Davao Aguilas | Harry Sawyer | Miloš Krstić | Brad McDonald 2 | Marko Trkulja | Nikola Grubješić Bojan Mališić |
Global Cebu 3 | Yu Hoshide | Darryl Roberts | Rufo Sánchez | Wesley | Shu Sasaki Sekou Sylla |
Ilocos United | Andrew Pawiak | Arthur Kouassi | Adam Mitter | Baba Sampana | William Ebanda Valentine Kama |
JPV Marikina | Atsushi Shimono | Takashi Odawara | Takumi Uesato | Masaki Yanagawa | |
Kaya–Makati | Masanari Omura | Robert Lopez Mendy | Jordan Mintah | Alfred Osei | |
Meralco Manila | Lee Jeong-min | Tahj Minniecon | Joaquín Cañas | Milan Nikolić | |
Stallion Laguna | Kim Myungsu | Ko Kyung-Joon | Gabriele Mascazzini | Carlo Polli | Christian Nana Ryota Ishikawa Roland Sadia Yusuke Yamagata |
- ^1 Former players only include players who left after the start of the 2017 season.
- ^2 Also a holder of AFC nationality (Australia)
- ^3 Global FC also registered other foreigners for the international competitions.
- AFC Champions League : Ahamad Azzawi (Iraq), Serge Kaole (Ivory Coast)
- AFC Cup : Kemy Agustien (Curaçao), Darryl Roberts (Trinidad and Tobago)
- RHB Singapore Cup : Serge Kaole (Ivory Coast), Darryl Roberts (Trinidad and Tobago)
- During the mid-season transfer window, Darryl Roberts was added in the PFL team, replacing Sekou Sylla.
Foreign players by confederation | |
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AFC | Japan (7), South Korea (3), Australia4 (3) |
CAF | Ghana (3), Ivory Coast (1), Senegal (1) |
CONCACAF | Trinidad and Tobago (1) |
CONMEBOL | Brazil (1) |
OFC | Papua New Guinea4 (1) |
UEFA | Spain (5), Serbia (3), Switzerland (2), England (1) |
- ^4 Brad McDonald has both Australia and Papua New Guinea FIFA nationality.
Regular season table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Meralco Manila | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 58 | Qualification for finals series |
2 | Ceres–Negros (C) | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 76 | 27 | +49 | 57 | |
3 | Kaya FC–Makati | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 47 | |
4 | Global Cebu | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 47 | |
5 | Stallion Laguna | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 35 | |
6 | JPV Marikina | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 33 | |
7 | Davao Aguilas | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 22 | |
8 | Ilocos United | 28 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 73 | −49 | 9 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal Difference; 3) Goals Scored
(C) Champions
Positions by round
Finals Series |
Results by round
Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | SF1 | SF2 | BF3 | Final |
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Ceres–Negros | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | — | W |
Davao Aguilas | D | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | — | — | — | — |
Global Cebu | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | D | — | L |
Ilocos United | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | — | — | — | — |
JPV Marikina | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | — | — | — | — |
Kaya–Makati | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | — |
Meralco Manila | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | — |
Stallion Laguna | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | — | — | — | — |
Source: Philippines Football League
Results
The eight clubs will play each other four times for twenty eight matches each during the regular season.
First round
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Second round
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^1 Match abandoned at halftime due to deteriorating pitch condition by way of adverse weather. As per PFL rules, final score for matches abandoned at halftime and the second half would be the score of the game just prior to abandonment.[22]
^2 Match deemed a forfeiture due to home stadium unavailability. Kaya awarded a 0–3 win
^3 Match deemed a forfeiture due to ambulances supposed to be on the venue got involved in an accident. Davao awarded a 0–3 win. Forfeiture affirmed on Nov. 22[23]
^4 Match deemed a forfeiture due to Ilocos' non-compliance with the league's franchise agreement. Meralco awarded a 0-3 win.[24]
^5 Match abandoned in the 78rd minute due to "poor visibility". Game ended in 2–2 draw.[25]
Finals Series
The top four teams from the Regular Season qualified and are seeded for the Finals Series' Semifinals. The 1st and 4th ranked clubs of the Regular Season are seeded in the first semifinals while the 2nd and 3rd ranked club were seeded in the second semifinals. The winners of the two-legged semifinals contested for the league title in the final while the losers played in a third place playoff.[26]
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||
1 | Meralco Manila | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
4 | Global Cebu | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
4 | Global Cebu | 1 | |||||||||
2 | Ceres Negros | 4 | |||||||||
2 | Ceres Negros | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
3 | Kaya–Makati | 0 | 1 | 1 | Third place | ||||||
1 | Meralco Manila | 3 | |||||||||
3 | Kaya–Makati | 1 |
Semi-finals
All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8)
Meralco Manila vs Global Cebu (1st vs 4th)
Global Cebu | 2–1 | Meralco Manila |
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Wesley 90' Minegishi 90+2' |
Minniecon 61' (pen.) |
Meralco Manila | 1–1 | Global Cebu |
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Dizon 2' | Sanchez 83' |
Global Cebu won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ceres–Negros vs Kaya–Makati (2nd vs 3rd)
Kaya–Makati | 0–1 | Ceres–Negros |
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Report | Schröck 90+2' |
Ceres–Negros | 2–1 | Kaya–Makati |
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Marañón 30' Ramsay 73' |
Ugarte 43' |
Ceres–Negros won 3–1 on aggregate.
Third place
Meralco Manila | 3–1 | Kaya FC–Makati |
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Cañas 3' Dizon 15', 23' |
Bedic 58' |
Final
Ceres–Negros | 4–1 | Global Cebu |
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Marañón 4' Ramsay 19', 27', 60' |
Roberts 88' |
Season team rankings
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Ceres–Negros | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 29 | +54 | 66 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Preliminary Round 1 or AFC Cup Group Stage |
2 | Global Cebu | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for the AFC Cup Group Stage |
3 | Meralco Manila | 31 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 62 | Possible qualification for the AFC Cup Group Stage[a] |
4 | Kaya–Makati | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 47 | |
5 | Stallion Laguna | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 39 | 49 | −10 | 35 | Did not qualify for the Finals Series |
6 | JPV Marikina | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 33 | |
7 | Davao Aguilas | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 22 | |
8 | Ilocos United | 28 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 73 | −49 | 9 |
Notes:
- ^ If the PFL Champion qualifies for AFC Champions League Group Stage
Season statistics
Scoring
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Bienvenido Marañón | Ceres–Negros | 22 |
2 | Fernando Rodríguez | Ceres–Negros | 21 |
3 | Jordan Mintah | Kaya–Makati | 18 |
4 | Takumi Uesato | JPV Marikina | 16 |
5 | Jesus Melliza | Stallion Laguna | 13 |
6 | Harry Sawyer | Davao Aguilas | 10 |
Phil Younghusband | Davao Aguilas Meralco Manila | ||
Takashi Odawara | JPV Marikina | ||
Iain Ramsay | Ceres–Negros | ||
10 | Robert Lopez Mendy | Kaya–Makati | 9 |
James Younghusband | Davao Aguilas Meralco Manila | ||
Rufo Sanchez | Global Cebu |
Top assists
Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
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1 | Iain Ramsay | Ceres–Negros | 12 |
2 | Stephan Schröck | Ceres–Negros | 11 |
3 | Miguel Tanton | Kaya–Makati | 10 |
Jordan Mintah | Kaya–Makati | ||
Bienvenido Marañón | Ceres–Negros | ||
6 | OJ Porteria | Ceres–Negros | 9 |
Tahj Minniecon | Meralco Manila | ||
8 | Phil Younghusband | Davao Aguilas Meralco Manila |
8 |
Hikaru Minegishi | Global Cebu | ||
10 | Robert Lopez Mendy | Kaya–Makati | 7 |
Matthew Hartmann | Davao Aguilas Global Cebu | ||
Kouichi Belgira | JPV Marikina |
Hat-tricks
- As of 17 December 2017
Player | Club | Result | Against | Date |
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Takumi Uesato | JPV Marikina | 4–0 (A) | Stallion Laguna | 31 May 2017 |
Bienvenido Marañón | Ceres–Negros | 3–1 (H) | Kaya–Makati | 24 June 2017 |
Fernando Rodríguez | Ceres–Negros | 5–1 (H) | Stallion Laguna | 28 June 2017 |
Iain Ramsay | Ceres–Negros | 7–0 (A) | Meralco Manila | 15 July 2017 |
Jordan Mintah | Kaya–Makati | 5–2 (H) | Ilocos United | 19 July 2017 |
Takumi Uesato4 | JPV Marikina | 5–2 (H) | Global Cebu | 13 August 2017 |
Jesus Melliza4 | Stallion Laguna | 5–0 (H) | Ilocos United | 10 September 2017 |
Harry Sawyer | Davao Aguilas | 4–2 (A) | Ilocos United | 18 October 2017 |
Rufo Sánchez | Global Cebu | 4–3 (H) | Stallion Laguna | 2 November 2017 |
Fernando Rodríguez | Ceres–Negros | 5–1 (H) | Davao Aguilas | 2 November 2017 |
Fernando Rodríguez | Ceres–Negros | 6–0 (H) | Meralco Manila | 5 November 2017 |
Takumi Uesato | JPV Marikina | 6–3 (H) | Davao Aguilas | 21 November 2017 |
Iain Ramsay | Ceres–Negros | 4–1 (H) | Global Cebu | 16 December 2017 |
- Note
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away
4 Player scored four goals
Clean sheets
- As of 14 December 2017
Rank | Goalkeeper | Team | Clean sheets |
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1 | Roland Müller | Ceres–Negros | 9 |
2 | Benito Rosalia | Stallion Laguna | 7 |
Florencio Badelic Jr. | Meralco Manila | ||
4 | Ref Cuaresma | Kaya–Makati | 6 |
Patrick Deyto | Global Cebu | ||
6 | Marko Trkulja | Davao Aguilas | 4 |
Nathanael Villanueva | Meralco Manila | ||
8 | Nelson Gasic | JPV Marikina | 3 |
9 | Zach Banzon | Kaya–Makati | 2 |
Louie Casas | Ceres-Negros |
Discipline
Red cards
- As of 12 December 2017
Rank | Player | Team | Red cards |
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1 | Jason Cordova | Davao Aguilas | 2 |
Miguel Tanton | Kaya–Makati | ||
3 | Adam Reed | Kaya–Makati | 1 |
Jalsor Soriano | Kaya–Makati | ||
Nicholas Ferrer | Stallion Laguna | ||
Jordan Mintah | Kaya–Makati | ||
Sekou Sylla | Global Cebu | ||
Roland Müller | Ceres–Negros | ||
Daniel Gadia | Meralco Manila | ||
Takumi Uesato | JPV Marikina | ||
Ali Mahmoud | JPV Marikina | ||
Paul Mulders | Global Cebu | ||
Peter Fadrigalan | JPV Marikina | ||
Milan Nikolić | Meralco Manila | ||
Robert Cañedo | JPV Marikina | ||
John Celiz | JPV Marikina | ||
OJ Porteria | Ceres–Negros | ||
John Kanayama | Ilocos United | ||
David Fornea | Meralco Manila |
Additionally, players may be suspended for more than a single match due to violations of the PFF Disciplinary Code. The Disciplinary Committee on November 7, 2017 imposed match suspensions and fines to players due to misconduct towards officials and/or other players.[29]
References
Notes
- ^ The University of San Carlos Stadium was initially the designated home ground of Global Cebu as per the PFF.[14] However the venue still to be completed. The club had played at the Rizal Memorial Stadium for its home games prior to July 2017. They played their first match at their home locality on July 5, 2017 in their home game against Ceres–Negros at the Cebu City Sports Complex which was being rehabilitated by the Cebu Football Association since May 2017.[15]
- ^ The home stadium of the club is located in Bantay, Ilocos Sur, a nearby town of Vigan. For administrative and marketing purposes the home city of Ilocos United is designated as "Vigan"
- ^ Because of the ongoing works in the Marikina Sports Complex, the team played its home league games at either the Biñan Football Stadium in Biñan, or the Rizal Memorial Stadium. In essence, they were groundsharing with Stallion Laguna F.C. and Meralco Manila.[16]
- ^ Meralco Manila's league home match against Ceres Negros on November 24, 2017 was held at the PFF National Training Centre in Carmona, Cavite due to the NCAA collegiate league reserving Rizal Memorial Stadium as the venue for its NCAA Season 93 football competition opening day.[17]
- ^ The game is considered as a Home Game for Global Cebu. Game was played in RMS due to unavailability of Global's home stadium, the Cebu City Sports Complex.[27]
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